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Note from Equality Florida's Nadine Smith:
You weren't at Pulse. You live hundreds, even thousands of miles away. You donated to the victims fund and attended vigils. Your social media post uses the hashtag #HonorThemWithAction. You are sending thoughts and prayers and love to the families of those killed, to those wounded, and those who escaped whose injuries are not visible.

Harlem Renaissance: As Gay as They were Black – Celebrating Black Pride
ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA: The Dr. Carter G. Woodson African American History Museum will celebrate Black Pride in St. Petersburg by recognizing some of the nation’s most celebrated African Americans of the Harlem Renaissance and local Gay Black educators, activists, journalists, and artists, all pillars of community-empowerment within the Tampa Bay community.

The whirlwind of the 2017 legislative session is officially behind us, and I wanted to share with you the historic progress we made this year, the bad bills we defeated, and the unfinished business still ahead of us.

Equality Florida's Executive Director, Nadine Smith, penned the following open letter to Fort Lauderdale Mayor Jack Seiler. Mayor Seiler has come under fire after refusing to bow out of a "Mayor's Prayer Breakfast" this Friday, April 28th, where he will share the stage with keynote speaker Jim Daly, President of Focus on the Family.
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Dear Mayor Seiler,